15 October 2021
This week’s spellings are high frequency words. When spelling these words, children often make mistakes.
- were
- some
- you
- where
- house
- what
- why
- who
The children will be tested on these words next Thursday 21 October.
Please encourage your child to try practise the words by putting their words in a sentence using our handwriting guide. Also, look at the spelling activities guide for some ideas to practise these words.
08 October 2021
This week’s spellings are high frequency words. When spelling these words, children often make mistakes. Check your child’s understanding of ‘our’ and ‘are’. Put them into sentences and discuss their meaning and different spellings.
- here
- they
- are
- friend
- said
- your
- once
- our
The children will be tested on these words next Friday 15 October.
Please encourage your child to try practise the words by putting their words in a sentence using our handwriting guide. Also, look at the spelling activities guide for some ideas to practise these words.
01 October 2021
Group 1
This week’s spellings are based on words from Phase 5 words.
- make
- bike
- like
- even
- nose
- five
- cake
- rule
Group 2
This week’s spellings are based on Phase 3 words.
- coin
- oink
- ear
- gear
- air
- chair
- pair
- sure
The children will be tested on these words next Friday 08 October.
Please encourage your child to try practise the words by putting their words in a sentence using our handwriting guide. Also, look at the spelling activities guide for some ideas to practise these words.
24 September 2021
Group 1
This week’s spellings are based on words from Phase 5 words.
- toe
- road
- soap
- autumn
- August
- pause
- donkey
- valley
Group 2
This week’s spellings are based on Phase 3 words.
- car
- park
- dark
- nurse
- fur
- turn
- town
- owl
The children will be tested on these words next Friday 1 October.
Please encourage your child to try practise the words by putting their words in a sentence using our handwriting guide. Also, look at the spelling activities guide for some ideas to practise these words.
17 September 2021
Group 1
This week’s spellings are based on words from Phase 5 words.
- claw
- straw
- wheel
- whisper
- dolphin
- graph
- new
- screw
Group 2
This week’s spellings are based on Phase 3 words.
- goat
- groan
- boot
- pool
- tools
- book
- shook
- foot
The children will be tested on these words next Friday 24 September.
Please encourage your child to try practise the words by putting their words in a sentence using our handwriting guide. Also, look at the spelling activities guide for some ideas to practise these words.
10 September 2021
Group 1
This week’s spellings are based on words from Phase 5 words.
- pie
- cream
- treat
- boil
- whirl
- shirt
- cue
- glue
Group 2
This week’s spellings are based on Phase 3 words.
- train
- tail
- snail
- light
- sigh
- see
- feel
- seem
The children will be tested on these words next Friday 17 September.
Please encourage your child to try practise the words by putting their words in a sentence using our handwriting guide. Also, look at the spelling activities guide for some ideas to practise these words.
16 July 2021
This week’s spelling: Months of the year
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
02 July 2021
This week’s spelling have the er suffix at the end.
25 June 2021
This week’s spelling are words ending in the ‘est’ suffix.
fast – fastest
happy – happiest
long – longest
short – shortest
silly – silliest
muddy – muddiest
tall – tallest
tasty – tastiest
Remember, when the word ends in a ‘y’, drop the ‘y’, add an ‘i’ and add ‘est’.
18 June 2021
In lessons, the children have been learning another key spelling rule: drop the e for ing. All of the words in the list are verbs.
Before the suffix ing is added to the verb, the e needs to be removed.
- to have having
- to hike hiking
- to write writing
- to use using
- to make making
- to like liking
- to give giving
- to excite exciting